BICKHAM, Charles Henry
| Service Numbers: | 784, 784B |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newport, Victoria, Australia, June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Lefroy, George Town, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in action, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, George Town Municipality Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 784, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 784, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 784, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 784B, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 784B awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Bickham enlisted the same day as his younger brother, Clifford Bickham on 30 March 1916. They were given consecutive regimental numbers in the 40th Battalion, (Tasmanian).
The younger of the two, 783 Lce. Cpl. Clifford William George Bickham 40th Battalion AIF, was killed in action during the attack on Messines on 7 June 1917, aged 20.
A third brother, Colin Bickham, was sent home to Australia during 1918 due to the deaths of his two brothers.
They were the sons of Henry and Mrs. Mary Ann Bickham, Lefroy, Tasmania. The father had passed during 1909, so their widowed mother received all of their entitlements.
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